Writing Real-time Syslog Messages to File

You can enable Syslog Viewer to write the syslog messages that are collected in realtime to a file on your computer (disk). As syslog messages are received, Syslog Viewer adds them to the file.

Before you start writing to file, Syslog Viewer prompts you for a filename (by default syslog.txt). Once Syslog Viewer starts writing to the file, it implements file rotation, as described in see Rotating Written Syslog Files.

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If you pause the syslog (see Collecting Syslog Messages Methods), even though Syslog Viewer doesn't display subsequently received syslog messages (until resumed), it continues writing them to the file.

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Writing to the file is persistent - if you quit Syslog Viewer while writing to the file, it automatically resumes writing when you next start it.

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To write syslog messages to file:

On the toolbar, click the

icon; you're prompted to define a file name and select a folder on your computer where you want it saved.

Click Save; the icon changes to red and received syslog messages are automatically written to the file.

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To stop writing logs to file:

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On the toolbar, click the Stop Writing Log

button. If you then click this button again, logs are written to the same location.

When you first click , you're prompted for the filename and directory. For subsequent write stops and starts, you're no longer prompted because Syslog Viewer assumes that you are writing to the same file. If you want to change the file name and location, activate write logs from the File menu > Write Log As.